LINGUIST List 22.3989 Wed Oct 12 2011 Media: Discourse Analysis of Scripture Editor for this issue: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Brent Woo , Discourse Analysis of Scripture Message 1: Discourse Analysis of Scripture Date: 12-Oct-2011 From: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> Subject: Discourse Analysis of Scripture E-mail this message to a friend Researchers are using computer programs to analyze the Torah and other scripture to possibly reveal something profound about authorship. "...researchers randomly mixed passages from the two Hebrew books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and asked the computer to separate them. . . the computer program was able to separate the passages with 99 percent accuracy. " Read more: http://www.sciencecodex.com/read/ghostwriting_the_torah-79547 Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics Discourse Analysis Text/Corpus Linguistics Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 12-Oct-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.